Lord Salisbury and myself have brought you back peace—but a peace I hope with honour.

Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.

Man is not the creature of circumstances. Circumstances are the creatures of men.

Mediocrity can talk but it is for genius to observe.

Mr Kremlin himself was distinguished for ignorance, for he had only one idea,—and that was wrong.

My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.

Never complain and never explain.

Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forgo an advantage.

No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.

Nothing can resist the human will that will stake even its existence on its stated purpose.